Articles for tag: Immortal Jellyfish, jellyfish facts, longevity in nature, Marine Biology, turritopsis dohrnii

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Immortal Jellyfish: Can This Creature Really Live Forever?

Suhail Ahmed

  Somewhere in the rolling twilight of a Mediterranean harbor, a jelly the size of a pinky nail quietly rewinds its own life. The so‑called immortal jellyfish, Turritopsis dohrnii, slips from full adulthood back to its youthful polyp form, dodging what most living things accept as inevitable. Scientists have chased this extraordinary trick for decades ...